Supernova bounds on the dark photon using its electromagnetic decay

The hypothetical massive dark photon (γ′) which has kinetic mixing with the SM photon can decay electromagnetically to e+e− pairs if its mass m exceeds 2me, and otherwise into three SM photons. These decays yield cosmological and supernovae associated signatures. We briefly discuss these signatures,...

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Main Authors: Demos Kazanas, Rabindra N. Mohapatra, Shmuel Nussinov, Vigdor L. Teplitz, Yongchao Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321314003447